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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Earlier this year we listened to Year Zero on my Patreon and with their blessing I'm releasing an edited recording of the livestream, song by song! There's some analysis of the melodies/chords/rhythms and soloing of the individual multitracks to hear how all the components fit together to make the final track!
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“It’s kinda weird, I like it.” Everyone who likes NIN 😝
Trent is the most talented composer of our time imo. Thank you so much for showing just how much there is that goes into each of his tracks.... cause it's a lot!
So, in terms of the album's narrative, I think this song is about the direct aftermath of "The Warning". The album seems to draw heavily on a concept that was first put into lyrical form way back on _The Fragile,_ in "The Wretched": "The clouds will part and the sky cracks open and God Himself will reach His fucking arm through". In "The Warning", this _literally_ happens-- God responds to the authoritarian turmoil on Earth by reaching His arm down to the planet and delivering a message, telling the people to stop being so corrupt, arrogant and violent, or else He's going to "wipe this place clean". This is the basis for the image on the album cover of _Year Zero._ And then, of course, instead of changing their ways and humbling themselves and treating their fellow humans with kindness and respect, this song is all about how, when finally presented with empirical evidence of God, the hardcore religious fanatics double down on their zealotry and behave even _worse_ toward anybody who doesn't belong to their ranks. "Now we know we're right," they say.
This song is basically what would happen if the Pat Robertsons and Dennis Pragers of the world were handed undeniable, ironclad proof of God's existence.
I lobe how theatrical and narrative this whole album is
Whenever I listen to this song I see a young evangelical preacher jumping around on a stage singing to a gyrating pulsating crowd. He getting them worked up in fervor, a trance and they are all just brainwashed, singing the words back to him. While he smiles an evil smile.
So exciting how many sounds I never thought of are hidden in these!
His classic masterpiece ❤
This song reminds me of the Killer Mike line "never forget in the story of Jesus the hero was killed by the State". Trent satirizes how the powers that be use religion as way to divide people and amass power while energizing their base. Phenomenal song because it is so catchy while simultaneously singing as the "enemy".
The VS is a reference to the Prophet VS a synth he’s had since before PHM days and used for his famous “wonky leads “often over the years
Fun fact : He claimed his was special because it got rained on through an open window in his car and was always a little broken afterward.
I assume he named most of his tracks like that. Like Mod Chorus is maybe the Modular V, which is easy to get twisted sequenced sounds out of it. OB Sequence is probably the Oberheim.
@@DJKuroh yeah they made the stems pretty easy for us to remix . On the OB Charlie Clouser in an old Keyboard Mag interview said they both had Oberheim Xpanders and Trent had an OB-MX too but used the Xpander and VS on everything ....dudes synth collection should be it’s own nation and I’d apply for citizenship lol .
@@DJKuroh yup
still one of my faves. such a great song!
The bridge is the best part.
The inevitable “fine print” of a fascist.
That and “ wouldn’t wanna be preying to wrong piece of wood”
The straight 16th note synth sound at 10:06 always made me think of casino slot machine sounds. Not sure why but that's what made me love this song. I hate gambling though, it's a losing game.
I love this channel!
17:44 Suck from broken
Does sound like the terrible lie synth though
Yess!!! I’ve been loving you breaking down this album. It’s a treat I’ve been looking forward to for the past week. Thank you ixi!
My favourite track in the album 😩
Anyone else notice how the percussive synth in "The Warning" is a development of the same percussive synth of the climax from "My Violent Heart" and the bass of that song is a development/echo of the sax bass from "Capital G" and the synth/guitar during the chorus from that song is the same as the synth//guitar during the chorus of "Me, I'm Not"?
I think the name of that song is "Suck" - one of the bonus tracks on PHM.
no. "suck" is from "broken"
@@thevoid99 acksckahhtually Suck is from Pigface's album Gub which was later "covered" (more like reworked) for Broken a year and a half later.
the sub bass freq ! when i was younger with room for 2 10"'s and a 600 watt amp in the trunk (no i wasnt a window rattler , I had everything tuned proper for quality and some serious depth without over loudeness) . anyway that kinda synthy bass was super cool to roll with .. good back massage and brain wiggles lol..
Here is my old mashup of 11 NIИ songs mashed into God Given.
It is quite messy since when I made it, I didn't have the multitracks of the older songs, so I had to use the full tracks.
Enjoy!
th-cam.com/video/WXhGMEa_ZEM/w-d-xo.html
OB is Oberheim.
VS is Prophet VS (a vector synth).
Also, Mod FX kinda remind me of the vocal processing on Garden of Delete by Oneohtrix Point Never, and a lot of Aggrotech and EBM stuff.
The “O B” sequence sound is from survivalism. The more I notice everything is a slight variation of everything else. The whole album is a collage! Love it!! ( Even more!)
I always thought he said "Clinging to the wrong piece of wood" (like driftwood at sea). Same context either way, as in when shit goes left you don't want to be clinging to something that may sink.
WHOEVER RESISTS THE AUTHORITY RESISTS GOD
That was hilarious when you compared this to "Master of the House" LOL! I wonder if he meant it to feel a little cheesy with the rhymed couplets and simple rhythm but tons of crazy complexity accompanying him. It feels to me like the character he is representing in the lyrics is a shallow religious/political leader (like Bush sometimes was). The character it really reminds me of is Monseigneur Claude Frollo from 'Hunchback of Notre Dame', but also a whole lot of real life televangelists.
Fun fact: God Given is a translation of a name "Theodore". Most likely it is a coincedence, but a fun one
COME ON, SING ALONG, EVERYBODY NOW!!
~theodore~
I really like the way when he says "and we know we're right" some of the vocal layers go lower than on the other lines, or certain layers have been like extra fucked up and scary sounding and making it seem like the thing that they're hoping and praying for (the rapture) is this awful thing, and they're bringing it about in awful ways bc they're Right and Chosen
isn't that track that had Coco Puff as percussion... that is cocoa powder isn't it? really love the DIY aspect of this whole album!
This song goes off no lie. I did a remix once but the files died with an old computer lol, so there's only like a 2 minute clip of it somewhere on the internet
Speaking of Pretty Hate Machine, the “VS” refers to the Prophet VS, which was heavily used on that album.
ixi did you know the multi tracks are also available for the slip and several tracks from with teeth
that track i think you were referring to was one of the bonus tracks on "broken" called 'suck' .. maybe? (17:47 ishh) on your comment ..
that's the one!
@@iximusic i think its track 99 on the actual cd lol. i loved that shit...
The cadence of the verses is nearly identical to "Trouble Maker" from Wheezer.
You're referring to "suck" on broken
Can anyone tell me what software she is using? or how she is able to find all these sounds to dissect?
The multi tracks for the whole album were released on some copies of the remix album with stems for use in daws. It also came with a free version of Ableton which was awesome at the time! She's either using them from here or I think they may be available online off of the back of that release. I think she's using logic to read and play the stems though
You can download the multitracks here! wwww.nindestruct.com/remix.html
I'm using Logic Pro X but you can use any program that will open audio files.
@@iximusic thank you! Also, you deserve so much more recognition for the amazing work you’re doing! You’re fantastic! I hope you get to see NIN on tour this year :)
@@iximusic Do you know of any free programs that can open audio files?
Anything that can play music will open the audio files! Quicktime, iTunes, any music player. If you want to load them all up at once like I did, you can use Garageband if you have a Mac. I'm not sure about PC programs.
And yes, going to see them at Red Rocks in September!
The 'Trumpies'...
I have a request, Bector, can you do nin’s Vessel?
Yes there's a video for Vessel! th-cam.com/video/tV0m7NZdA-c/w-d-xo.html
Instantly heard Reckoner by Radiohead at 13:42.
If Trent Reznor wrote 'Sexy Back'.
haha
The tabla stuff (around the 15:00 mark) is giving me a very Knight Rider Theme Song vibe. th-cam.com/video/oNyXYPhnUIs/w-d-xo.html
Ah the Industrial music time honored tradition of shitting of fascism through sarcastic personification set to a barrage of mechanical beats .
Sure wouldn’t wanna be praying to the wrong piece of wood..🫠👍
We would never tell you anything that wasn’t absolutely true and didn’t come right from his mouth, now he wants me to tell you.
It's hard to believe that religion and the state will merge together (in the United States) since we have had a long history of "separation of church and state."
However, in The Bible, it's said that before the second coming of Jesus, one of the signs of end times is that the will of the church will be enforced by the state with violence.
For example, there will be the issue of which day people should observe The Sabbath.
In the Bible, God commands that the Sabbath should be observed on Saturday.
However, the Catholic Church has prescribed the Sabbath should be observed on Sunday.
Why this difference? The Catholic Church is exercising its 'authority' to overrule God's law.
To follow the laws of man, instead of the laws of God is described as having a mark on the hand (mark of the beast). The "hand" represents the action.
To believe in the laws of man, instead of the laws of God is described as having a mark on the forehead. The "forehead" represents held beliefs in the mind.
So in the Bible, it is described that the mark of the beast is on the forehead / hand.
People who do not accept these "marks" and instead observe God's commandments, will be prevented from participating in any sort of commerce; they / we will not be able to buy goods nor sell goods. They / we will be imprisoned, etc...
Imagine this.
One day, it will be forbidden to say that the Sabbath is meant for Saturday, not Sunday, as the Church says.
Such a statement will be censored and then officers will be sent out to enforce the decree of the Church.
All of this sounds fake.
Just know if one day you see that it is true, remember, all of this has been predicted in the Bible.
The reason this is predicted in the Bible is to help us have faith that God is real and His Son has died for our sins; when we see these signs actually happening.
So if what is described actually happens, then what a time for suffering.
Still, I pray for the strength to not give in.
Do not take "the mark."
Authority is for God, not man.
I will not give in to fear. For seven years, there will be suffering. But The Son will return after those seven years of persecution.
Eternal Love be with you.
This song echoes all of this and I enjoy it, especially for that reason.
I feel like this song is taking a very mocking approach to the ideologies you're describing here, and not exactly painting that viewpoint in a flattering light. I think if you're right about any of this (and, I mean, come on now, you're almost certainly not...) Then you and Trent would disagree pretty strongly about which side of that divide is the "right" one
You understand that Trent’s not praising religion right?
The Beast is the Roman Empire represented in the person of Emperor Nero. This is rather uncontroversial in biblical scholarship. John of Patmos was specifically speaking to a group of Christians living under this situation.